Speaking of cats, I would like to extend an official Flames condolence to neebee over your recent bereavement Bobby-Bob, companion of many years.

Recently, "BB" (the little BB brain!) was the center of a storm when he swallowed a needle ("What were you thinkin'?"--Dr. Pheline).

It came out all right in the end, but this time...I'm so sorry for your loss.

This for you, then--

THE PURRY GATES
(Anon)

It seems that I've reached Heaven, or its doorstep at any rate,
And been winding round St Peter's ankles by the Pearly Gates,
I've plucked the angels' harp-strings and made a merry sound,
But it's plucking at my heartstrings that you are not around.

So I think I'll sit and wait here, just outside the door,
And as the souls come floating in, I'll tap them with my paw,
And when you seek admittance, they'll rename this place -
It will become Purradise, and these the Purry Gates!

hey there say, mouse... oh my, thank you so very kindly... i never thought i'd get through that awful cat-needle episode...

god's love and grace, and the thanksgiving scoop, as to the 'poop' was:
a miracle victory...

was a hard sad time, this time, getting over this, too, as:
i had LEFT him behind for a trip to my grieving mom... :(
ol' bobby must have somewhere along the line, slipped a knotch, :(

was okay, but not very well, when i got back... did my best, but wow:

23 years, is a long time and the good lord knew--it must have been time to go home... at least, i was here for him...

dear friend lisa, too, tried to help--just in case...
a good just in case, last a lifetime, even if the case, was not to be...

here is ol' bobby bob, back in his 'hay day' or, 'pillowstuff' day,
as, modern-life, our pillows are not stuffed with 'hay'... ;)

bobby-bob... (the winner, on top) ;)

Credit: neebee

had to get over, that i was not here to help keep him going, daily... :(
but the 'miracle trip back home' had to be-- perhaps 'bobby'bob's' slip, was just time to: slip on home to the eternal... i have to accept that, just like i had to accept my dear da

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Thanks for any help

Funny that the guy couldn't answer Dan's query. The whole story is here.
I knew many of these guys. Some are now dead.

As we headed home to the United States, we came to a military checkpoint on the highway just north of the Santo Tomás Valley. A machine gunner watched from a hillside, and soldiers behind barricades of sandbags and used tires gripped automatic weapons — signs of Mexico’s drug-war violence. The vehicle in front of us was thoroughly searched after all of its riders were required to step out. We were asked by a solider where we had been, and I replied, “San Juan de las Pulgas.” He quickly waved us through. Though relieved, I momentarily wondered, as someone who might pass for a middle-aged Dane, about the extent of Tvind’s influence in Mexico.

"Monday night's marvels are worth staying up late for: Not only will Mars be bigger and brighter than it's been for more than six years, but you'll also be able to see the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years.

Total lunar eclipses occur when Earth is positioned precisely between the sun and the full moon. They don't happen all that often — about twice in the course of three years, on average — because of the tilt of the moon's orbit. But when they do, it can be a spectacular sight: The darkened moon takes on a reddish glow because some sunlight is refracted by Earth's atmosphere."

hey there say, moosesdrool... thanks for the heads up, for turning up our heads, to VIEW the 'ol eclipse, :)

wow, and mouse, i just looked farther back:
you got me missing south texas and ALL that music... they have each and every kind... plus: the cumbia, too :)

mexican oom pah pah... really neat, :)
best music, down there... :)

also, thank you zbrown, for the condolences,as to dear bobby-bob cat...
he was very very special, and i really do hope i added to his time here...
here sure made my life a lot more fun, too, by his fun ways, :)

I'd have given him my Grateful Dead shirt to wear to heaven (pictured above), but I'd already given it to my cat Buster. Funny how we'll even give the shirts off our backs to our feline and canine buddies.

I witnessed one of these blood moons in '82, I believe it was, with my daughter, who was not yet five, from the Shirley residence in Box Canyon, high above the towns of Chatsworth and Canoga Park in the Dan Fernando Valley and will always remember how CLOSE it seemed and how MAGNIFIED it was!

I'd love to be someplace special to photograph this event, like in the hills.

Or even in the hills north of town, my pet walking area, which is now covered in green for just a few weeks more.

*A 'head up' is for one guy, a 'heads up' is for multiple persons, you dig?

A post from a dude named Robert on another channel...about fleas and sugar from Cuba.

I remember when Castro came to power.

It didnt' mean anything to me...I was only 8 or 9 years old. But i remember watching TV and The Tonight Show was on. (He [Steve Allen, host] was the predecessor to Jack Parr who preceded Johnny Carson who went before Jay Leno for all you x-generators here). Steve Allen sat down at the piano and started his own impromptu, Cuban Style Salsa of Batista Flees which was the headline of the NY TIMES when all this came about.

It's funny, the things we remember.

Robert

I have remembered this song, as well.

It went like, "My dog has Batista fleas...yada yada yada."

And the Bircheff Bros. stayed for a few years in the off-season on Avenida de las Pulgas, while Dave worked at a metal-plating gig, I think.

It pays to remember the small things, sometimes. Not this time, especially, but some of the time...